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Apparently Bangkok has more to offer than just bars and shopping malls...

Stylish architectural building with spiral shape interior, similar to the Guggenheim museum in New York.

Bangkok Art and Cultural Center - BACC

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yeah, I have been waiting for the opening. why wouldnt they have a grand opening? I heard it was empty except for the Siam Smiles exhibit.

and yeah, it looks a little like the interior of the Guggenheim except that the GGHEIM does not have excalators running up the interior. people walk up the walkway as it winds up, and enjoy the pieces exhibited on the walls. It is a fabulous building.

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Apparently Bangkok has more to offer than just bars and shopping malls...

Stylish architectural building with spiral shape interior, similar to the Guggenheim museum in New York.

Bangkok Art and Cultural Center - BACC

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yeah, I have been waiting for the opening. why wouldnt they have a grand opening? I heard it was empty except for the Siam Smiles exhibit.

and yeah, it looks a little like the interior of the Guggenheim except that the GGHEIM does not have excalators running up the interior. people walk up the walkway as it winds up, and enjoy the pieces exhibited on the walls. It is a fabulous building.

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It is really great to see Bangkok have a world class contemporary art museum. I was impressed with both the exhibition and the building, I saw some things wrong but any artist is going to be a little critical, of course. I think it is a great step in the right direction for Thai art (now if the next few shows are as good). I hope they continue to find funding and do some other things to start a world class collection. I also think it is a little silly to have all that empty space in the bottom half for food and shops, when that doesn't work I hope the museum is growing and a success and is able to comandare some of that space for themselves. The art mart thing outside is a good idea too. As for half finishedness the building looks finished just the retail space is empty.

I think that one reason you see unfinished things opened early here is the lack of legal couplablity if someone is hurt or killed.

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Apparently Bangkok has more to offer than just bars and shopping malls...

Stylish architectural building with spiral shape interior, similar to the Guggenheim museum in New York.

Sorry to disagree with you SB TS but I have been vaguely following the development of the BACC for a few years (esp. after so many previous delays), I went there for the first time during the short film fest about 2 months ago & I was really disappointed. The place looks like a another bloody shopping centre and there is so much wasted space, prime areas of space are given for shops and the frontage design does not seem to draw one inside or capture ones attention. In all it really is not so special.

A month ago, I read an interview with the Director of the BACC who said that they felt they needed to have many shops and food outlets in the centre to attract thais. Given the limited number of cultural instiutions in Bangkok the BMA could have commissioned a much better design and perhaps not felt the need to have so much commercial space.

But I guess we should all be thankful something has finally been built given it took some 20-30 yrs of lobbying by the artistic community. I'll catch the current exhibition and see if it has grown on me.